Transient killed in deadly shooting on Skid Row

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating a deadly shooting on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles Thursday after a man reportedly shot a transient multiple times before leaving the scene. 

The shooting was reported around 3:10 a.m. in the 500 block of 5th Street, near the intersection of San Pedro Street. 

Arriving officers and firefighters found a man, believed to be in his 60s, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, LAPD said 

Paramedics attempted to resuscitate the victim but he was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The victim was identified Oct. 7 as 58-year-old Julio Martinez. His hometown remains unknown. 

The suspect was described as a black man about 6 feet 2, about 215 pounds, whose hair was in dreadlocks that reached his shoulders. 

The investigation is ongoing.

CNS contributed to this reported.